How dogs were implicated during the Salem witch trials
I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what ...
Four decades before Salem, there were witch trials in Connecticut
It’s one of the oldest documented parts of our state’s history, and also one of the darkest. The Connecticut Witch Trials ...
Too many plot points stir the cauldron of confusion in 'Becky Nurse of Salem'
Linda Reiter stars as the title character in Shattered Globe Theatre’s production of “Becky Nurse of Salem,” as a tour guide ...
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Four decades before Salem, there were witch trials in Connecticut
The Connecticut Witch Trials occurred from 1647 to 1663, more than four decades before the trials in Salem, Massachusetts ... when Gov. John Winthrop Jr. was overseas in England.
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'A terrible harvest': Hanover Theatre Rep's 'Crucible' a voice of authenticity
In this way, the Hanover Repertory Theatre's production of "The Crucible" begins, directed by Livy Scanlon. Verily, it's like ...
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What to Do in New York City in October
See Haru Nemuri’s hell-raising fury, enjoy a spicy take on the Salem witch trials, or experience an ... with works by Copland, Donizetti, John Adams and more. As the members of Heartbeat Opera ...
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Chico State’s “The Crucible” ignites the 2024-2025 performance season
Chico State will be transporting audiences back in time to the Salem Witch Trials with the production of “The Crucible” ...
The Inventor Who Helped Spark the Salem Witch Trials
New research shows that the printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg, helped spread conspiracies that fueled the Salem ...
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Review: Which witch? ‘Becky Nurse of Salem’ is a complicated new Sarah Ruhl play
More specifically, that means the Salem witch trials of 1692, wherein young women were convicted of being something that does not actually exist. More than a dozen of them were hung but that has ...